Glasses are surface coated to enhance its appearance and to provide many of the unique advanced properties of glass products such as reflection/transmission/absorption properties, scratch resistance, corrosion resistance and low maintenance.

The recovery in economic conditions and increase in per capita income is driving the market. New developments in the glass coating technologies have ensued to lessen the global energy consumption, mainly from architectural buildings and automotive sectors with less CO2 emissions.

Ceskaa Research projects that the global market for coated flat glass will grow from nearly $25.7 billion in 2015 to nearly $34.5 billion by 2020 at a five-year CAGR (2015 to 2020) of 6.0%.